Brush making machine and method

Abstract

A brush making machine is proposed, having a central guide block (12) around which holding devices (16) for brush bodies (18) to be processed are transported along a closed, encircling track through different stations, including a drilling station (22) in which holes are drilled in the brush bodies (18) and a filling station (24) in which tufts of bristles are filled into the holes. The holding devices (16) are rotatable about their own vertical axes (34), respectively. In the drilling station (22), at least one drill (30) is directed outward away from the guide block (12) when drilling, and the holding devices (16) are pivoted in the drilling station (22) such that the inserted brush bodies (18) are directed with the side (32) to be drilled toward the guide block (12). In the filling station (24), a filling tool (48) is provided, which has a filling direction directed inward toward the guide block (12). A brush making method is also described.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The invention relates to a brush making machine having a central guide block, around which a holding device for brush bodies to be processed is transported along a closed, circumferential track through different stations. BACKGROUND

[0002] Such a brush making machine is known from DE 10 2016 107 641 A1. Such a brush making machine is sometimes also referred to as a carousel machine. Here, the brush bodies are processed simultaneously in different stations and, after processing, continue to the next station clocked while being held by the holding device fixed at the machine.

[0003] There is at least one drilling station, in which drilling is carried out in the brush body, and a filling station, in which brush hair bundles are filled into these drilled holes so as to be fixed in the brush body. In addition, a loading and / or unloading station is usually provided. This means that a combined loading and unloading station can be provided or a loading station and a separate unloading station remote therefrom.

[0004] Each station can be said to be arranged around the guide block along a circumferential track along which the holding device moves.

[0005] The track can be a circular ring track or a ring track having any contour of a ring. That is to say, the invention is not limited to a circular ring track.

[0006] Such a brush making machine is very expensive in its manufacture and has the problem that customers have very individualized expectations regarding the number and type of stations and the positioning of the stations. For this reason, the machine manufacturer usually has to maintain different types of machine designs in order to be able to meet all customer expectations.

[0007] A typical layout of such a brush making machine is known from DE 23 19 093 A1. In this case, an operator manually carries out the fiber supply on one side of the guide block in such a way that the fiber box is pushed into the respective receptacle in the filling station. The same operator also has to insert the brush hair carrier into the holding device of the brush making machine so as to partially circle the drilling station. This arrangement of the individual stations around the guide block is common. The reason for this is, inter alia, that newly supplied brush bodies have to be drilled first and then fitted with brush hair bundles. Therefore, the loading station is located upstream of the drilling station in the cycle direction, which in turn is located upstream of the filling station.

[0008] In order to design such machines more efficiently, attempts have been made to connect the loading station directly to the filling station. This is possible without a reworking station. In a reworking station at the guide block, the bristles are trimmed after filling in order to achieve a specific geometry of the bristle bundle overall, for example, or ground, slotted, deburred, cleaned, rounded or otherwise processed, for example, roughened or spliced at the end into soft, broad bristles. However, this design of the brush-making machine requires a different construction than described above. A variant of this second design of the brush-making machine is shown in EP 1 561 396 A1. SUMMARY

[0009] The object of the present application is to change the design of the brush-making machine in such a way that it can be constructed without expenditure, with or without one or more reworking stations, without the basic design concept having to be changed here, and that it is made simpler and more ergonomic in terms of the operability achieved by the personnel assembling the machine.

[0010] The brush-making machine according to the application has a central guide block, around which holding devices for brush bodies to be processed are transported along a closed, encircling track through different stations, including a drilling station, in which holes are drilled in the brush bodies, and a filling station, in which bristle bundles are filled into the holes, wherein the holding devices are each rotatable about their own vertical axis. The drilling station has at least one drill, which points outwards, i.e. away from the guide block, when drilling, and the holding devices are pivoted in the drilling station such that the inserted brush bodies point towards the guide block with the side to be drilled, and wherein the filling tool in the filling station is provided with a filling direction pointing inwards towards the guide block.

[0011] The brush-making machine according to the invention can be said to rotate the drilling tool, because drilling has always been done from the outside in towards the guide block, that is, the drilling tool is located outside the track relative to the guide block in a top view. In the new brush-making machine, the drilling tool moves inward, causing the feed motion of the drill bit to proceed outward. "Inside" means that the drilling tool is set first, starting from the guide block, and the brush body is set further outward. This ensures significant ergonomic advantages. That is, the drilling tool no longer protrudes outward, so the operator does not have to circle around the drilling station and, consequently, around the drilling tool. More precisely, there is a direct path from the loading and / or unloading station to the filling station. Thus, the entire brush-making machine is not only more ergonomic but also more compact. Furthermore, the brush-making machine can be more easily configured as a modular system because, in principle, it is not necessary to completely change the positions of the drilling station and the loading and / or unloading station relative to the filling station if the customer needs or removes one or more reprocessing stations. However, the packing station can also be configured such that the packing tool punctures the brush with bristle bundles from the outside in, to which the bristle library is fed from the outside and the bristle bundles are taken out from the outside so that they can then move inward, i.e. toward the guide block toward the brush body.

[0012] Preferably, a loading and / or unloading station is provided, wherein the loading and / or unloading station is configured such that the holding device and the contained brush body point outward, i.e., the brush body can be transported and removed from the outside.

[0013] According to a variation of the invention, at least one reprocessing station is provided in which the bristles packed in the reprocessing station are reprocessed, wherein the retaining device in the reprocessing station is oriented during reprocessing such that the contained brush body points outward. This means that the tool for reprocessing is located externally in the top view. However, this is only one variation of the invention.

[0014] The brush-making machine according to the invention can have a control device configured such that, in all stations except the drilling station, the holding device and its associated brush body are pointed outwards; that is, the control device ensures the corresponding pivoting of the holding device. In a top view, the possible tools are preferably located outside the track and are transported or removed from the outside in the loading and / or unloading stations. Thus, the drilling station is the only station where the brush body is set differently, so as to allow for compact construction in this area. In the remaining stations, when it comes to automatically transporting or removing the brush body, the tools, as well as the transport or removal tools, can be set further away from the guide block. As discovered by the invention, compactness is less important in these areas than in the drilling station.

[0015] A variant of the invention proposes that the loading and / or unloading station also forms a drilling station, i.e., combined into one station. In this case, a control device is provided that operates the drive such that, for loading and / or unloading, the holding device is pointed outward, that is, the brush body can be loaded or removed from the outside. For drilling, the holding device is pivoted inward, causing the drill bit located inside to feed away from the guide block and drill a hole in the brush body. This variant is characterized by its extreme compactness. In the most simplified variant of this brush-making machine, only two stations are provided: the combined loading and unloading station along with the drilling station and the filling station as a second station. In such a brush-making machine, it is feasible, due to the compactness, to provide multiple combined loading and unloading stations along with drilling stations and filling stations on the same guide block. If the track is, for example, egg-shaped or circular, then, for instance, a combined loading station, unloading station, drilling station, and filling station are set up for the first operator in the lower 180° section (viewed in a top view of the brush-making machine), while a corresponding station is set up for the second operator in the other half. Depending on the size of the track or its dimensions (e.g., in a rectangular track with rounded corners, three or four operators can also operate their own stations), this maximizes the compactness of the brush-making machine according to the invention and significantly reduces construction costs.

[0016] Another variation of the invention proposes that the loading station is positioned upstream of the drilling station, particularly adjacent to it, in the circumferential direction of the holding device. In this variation, a loading and / or unloading station separate from the drilling station is present.

[0017] In a top view of the brush-making machine, in this variant according to an embodiment of the invention, the drilling station and the filling station are positioned relative to the guide block on the track such that they require a maximum of only 25% of the track section in total space, preferably even a maximum of only 20%. This means that the two stations are positioned extremely close to each other, allowing any additional stations to be added to the rest of the track. This makes the possible layout desired by the customer very easy to achieve without having to pursue a completely different machine design.

[0018] The previously mentioned control device can also be configured such that the retaining device rotates about its own axis of rotation during, or optionally only during, transport movement between the drilling station and the packing station, so as to orient one or more brushes outward when they subsequently enter the packing station. This means that the travel path and travel movement are used to achieve the rotation of the retaining device between the drilling station and the subsequent packing station. This reduces cycle time. Thus, the brushes have been correctly moved into the packing station in terms of their orientation. In the packing station, only precise fine orientation in terms of the exact position and orientation relative to the packing tool is thus caused. This can also be done between the loading and unloading stations and the drilling station, if they are not combined.

[0019] The surrounding track can be formed, for example, by having an annular guide on the guide block in a top view of the brush-making machine according to the invention. The retaining device then travels along this guide. It should be emphasized that, optionally, only one guide can be provided, or of course, multiple guides can be staggered in the vertical direction to improve the stability of the retaining device during processing.

[0020] The holding device can have its own driver. The control is configured such that the holding device can be clock-driven (getaktet) at staggered intervals from the processing station to the corresponding next processing station. This means that if, for example, processing takes longer in one station than in another, the faster processing, upon its completion, will cause the holding device to continue clock-driven, and the brush body, for example, will then be very close to the subsequent "slower" station and waiting for processing there. Thus, the total cycle time can be reduced by flexibly setting individual cycles (Einzeltakte) to each other. This variant also has the great advantage of being able to flexibly respond to these individual cycle times in the processing stations if the machine must be modified, for example by processing larger brush bodies, which requires drilling more holes and thus more time in the drilling and packing stations.

[0021] To increase the overall production yield of the manufactured brushes, multiple retaining devices-supports can be arranged around the guide block, that is, around the track, wherein these retaining device-supports each house multiple retaining devices so that the retaining devices can move together. Thus, for example, it is feasible to insert multiple drill bits side-by-side or vertically staggered in the drilling station, such that, for example, the upper drill bit is positioned above the brush body, and the lower drill bit is positioned below the brush body. The movement of the brush body is therefore particularly synchronized within the station because the brush bodies are located in the same retaining device-support.

[0022] Each retaining device can be associated with multiple drives to move the retaining device in multiple directions within the machining station and orient it relative to the machining tool present there. This is used to enable directional or cyclic movements, such as from one borehole to the next or from one packing stroke to the next, to be performed on the retaining device rather than in the tool. In particular, the retaining device can be oriented in all three spatial directions, so that the drill bit or packing tool can and must move fixedly in only one direction. This improves the stability of the partially solidly constructed tool and enhances machining accuracy.

[0023] In addition to purely manual loading and / or unloading, the brush making machine according to the invention can also be equipped with automatic loading and / or unloading devices in the loading and / or unloading station, through which the brush body can move into or away from the holding device. No new design is required for this variant.

[0024] Furthermore, the objective is achieved by means of a brush-making machine, particularly a brush-making method according to the invention using the aforementioned brush-making machine, wherein the method comprises the following steps:

[0025] - Transport at least one holding device and the brush body housed by the holding device along a closed, encircling track around a central guide block to the drilling station;

[0026] - Orient the brush body so that the side of the brush body to be drilled points towards the guide block;

[0027] - Drill holes in the brush body, wherein at least one drill bit drills outward in a drilling direction away from the guide block;

[0028] - The retaining device and brush body are transported to the filling station along a closed, circular track around the central guide block; and

[0029] - The bristle bundles are filled into the drilled hole using a filling tool, wherein the filling tool fills in the filling direction pointing inward toward the guide block.

[0030] The method offers the following advantages: the drill bit's feed motion proceeds "outward," and the drilling tool can be positioned "inward." "Inward" means that the drilling tool is positioned first, starting from the guide block, and the brush body is positioned outward. This ensures significant ergonomic advantages because the drilling tool no longer needs to protrude outward; instead, it can be placed, for example, on the guide block. Therefore, the method achieves a more ergonomic and compact brush making.

[0031] Advantageously, after packing, the method includes another step in which the holding device and brush body are transported along a closed, circular track around a central guide block to a reprocessing station where the packed bristles are then reprocessed. Thus, transport to the reprocessing station can also be carried out via a closed, circular track, thereby enabling short cycle times because a short path can be achieved between the drilling station and the packing station, and the brush body can be retained in the holding device.

[0032] According to one aspect of the invention, the method includes a further step in which the holding device and the brush body are transported to a loading and / or unloading station along a closed, circumferential track around a central guide block, and the holding device is oriented such that the contained brush body is pointing outward away from the guide block. Transport to the reprocessing station is also carried out via the closed, circumferential track, thereby further enhancing the advantage of the small cycle time described above compared to other loading and / or unloading stations. Attached Figure Description

[0033] Other features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description and the accompanying drawings, which are referenced below. The drawings illustrate:

[0034] Figure 1 A top view of a first embodiment of a brush-making machine according to the invention for performing the method according to the invention is shown.

[0035] Figure 2 Showing according to Figure 1 A three-dimensional side view of the brush-making machine.

[0036] Figure 3 A top view of a second embodiment of a brush-making machine according to the invention for performing the method according to the invention is shown.

[0037] Figure 4 Showing according to Figure 3 A three-dimensional side view of the brush-making machine, and

[0038] Figure 5 A schematic top view of a reprocessing station that can be used in a brush-making machine according to the present invention is shown. Detailed Implementation

[0039] exist Figure 1 The image schematically shows a brush maker 10, which has a central guide block 12 through which energy and signals are transmitted.

[0040] The guide block has one or more annular guides 14, wherein the guides 14 are arranged vertically overlapping each other in a plurality of guides. The guides 14 form a closed, encircling track along which the holding device 16 for the brush body 18 to be processed is driven, more precisely, via an electric motor.

[0041] Preferably, this should not be construed as limiting, there are multiple retaining devices—support brackets 19—that are travelable along the guide 14 and thus along the track (see...). Figure 2 The retaining device-support bracket respectively accommodates a plurality of retaining devices 16. When one or more brush bodies 18 are processed on the brush making machine 10, each retaining device is used to position and hold the brush body 18.

[0042] Multiple processing stations are provided around the guide block 12, namely a combined loading and unloading station 20, a drilling station 22 following in the circumferential direction U, followed by a filling station 24, which in turn is followed by a reprocessing station 26.

[0043] In the variant shown, which should not be construed as limiting, the stations 20 to 26 are arranged offset from each other by approximately 90° in a top view of the brush making machine.

[0044] A drilling tool 28 with a drill bit 30 is located in the packing station 22 to drill holes in the brush body 18.

[0045] The drilling tool 28 with drill bit 30 is positioned inward, that is, inwardly from the surrounding track, such that drill bit 30 points outward relative to guide block 12 and its center point M. This means that the retaining device 16 is in Figure 1 In the drilling case shown, the orientation is such that the side 32 of the brush body 18 to be drilled is oriented inward, i.e. towards the guide block 12.

[0046] The retaining device 16 is not only able to travel along the track, but also to move in different spatial directions, preferably in at least two spatial directions or even in three spatial directions, so as to achieve orientation relative to the drill bit 30 and to allow the brush body to travel from hole to hole relative to the drill bit 30 and to reposition the brush body 18 when it is necessary to drill the next hole.

[0047] In addition, the retaining device 16 can pivot about its own vertical axis of rotation 34.

[0048] In the filling station 24, the retaining device pivots outward about the vertical axis 34, meaning the processed side 32 points outward away from the guide block 12. This also applies to the position of the retaining device 16 in the reprocessing station 26 and in the loading and unloading station 20, thus affecting the position of the associated brush body 18. Here, the corresponding side 32 points outward and the retaining device 16 is correspondingly pivoted so that the brush body 18 points outward away from the track 14, thus further from the center point M compared to the drilling station 22.

[0049] One or more bristle magazines 40 are present in the packing station 24, and an operator 44 inserts a fiber box 42 into the bristle magazine. A separating tool 46 removes individual bristle bundles from the bristle magazines 40 and conveys them to a packing tool 48, which pushes the bristle bundles into a previously drilled opening in the direction of the arrow and anchors them therein.

[0050] The reprocessing station 26 includes one or more tools 50 for reprocessing the bristles anchored in the brush body 18, such as cleaning, grinding, cutting and / or shearing or slitting. Multiple substations with multiple tools 50 may also exist, processing the brushes sequentially and collectively forming the reprocessing station 26.

[0051] according to Figure 1 It is clearly visible that the brush making machine 10 is significantly more compact in this area because the drilling tool 28 is positioned inside the surrounding track. Therefore, the operator's movement is not restricted by the drilling station 22, and they can easily access the loading and unloading station 20 via the shortest path to operate that station as well. When the drilling tool 28 and tool 50 are positioned externally, i.e., the holding device 16 will pivot outwards and not inwards, this would clearly impede the operator 44 if they must additionally operate the loading and unloading station 20.

[0052] exist Figure 2 As can be seen, there is only one guide 14 in the current situation, which means that the retaining device-support bracket 19 extends freely downwards. This means that in the lower region of the guide block 12, the retaining device-support bracket 19 does not occupy any space and does not cause any obstruction to the operator 44.

[0053] exist Figure 2 It can also be seen that multiple drilling tools 28 and multiple reprocessing tools 50 are provided, which are vertically overlapped. Optionally, multiple tamping tools 48 may also be present. However, if the tamping tools 48 work fast enough, one of the tamping tools 48 may individually tamp multiple brush bodies 18 in the station during clock drive.

[0054] Figure 3 Showing according to Figure 1 and 2 A simpler variant of the brush-making machine, where the drilling station 22 is combined with the loading and unloading station 20. This is made possible by a retaining device 16, more precisely, a retaining device-support bracket 19, which pivots about a vertical axis 34 within this common station. If the retaining device 16 pivots outward, as this is done in… Figure 3 As shown, the operator 44 can then insert the brush body 18. The retaining device-support 19, together with the retaining device 16, then pivots inward about the vertical axis 34, so that the side 32 is again opposite one or more drill bits 30. The opening is then introduced into the brush body 18.

[0055] Then, the brushes or all brushes 18 from the combined drilling station, loading and unloading stations 20, 22 are further clocked to the filling station 24 and finally again to the reprocessing station 26. According to Figure 3As can be seen from the layout, this allows operator 44 to perform all necessary operating steps in a more confined space.

[0056] It can also completely eliminate the need for reprocessing station 26.

[0057] In this respect, theoretically it might be feasible to have the reprocessing station currently in... Figure 3 The drilling station, loading and unloading station of another combination are located at the 9 o'clock position, and another filling station 24 is located at the 6 o'clock position, so that another operator can work in this half of the brush making machine 10.

[0058] exist Figure 5 The following options are shown: how the brush body 18 can move when it is positioned in each station relative to the processing tools (i.e., relative to the drill bit 30, the packing tool 48, and the reprocessing tool 50). For this purpose, each retaining device 16, or if a retaining device-supporting bracket 19 is present, is provided with its own associated electric actuator, such as a pivot actuator 60 for pivoting the retaining device about the vertical axis 34, an electric actuator for traveling the retaining device-supporting bracket 19 along a track, and an electric actuator 62 for moving the retaining device-supporting bracket 19 vertically, for example, during drilling or packing between two drilling processes. Alternatively, an actuator 64 can also be provided at the tool, for example at tool 50, to move the tool relative to the brush body 18.

[0059] Because the driver is associated with its own retaining device - the support bracket 19, the control device 70 of the brush making machine (see...) Figure 2 and 4 The corresponding driver can be manipulated so that the holding device 16, and thus the holding device-support 19, moves from the corresponding processing station to the next clock drive that is staggered in time. Therefore, for processing that is long in the station, which may require the necessary additional time, the holding device-support 19 can be moved closer, for example, so that time can be saved by using the superimposed single cycle time of the processing station.

[0060] The control unit 70 is also responsible for maintaining the orientation of the device 16 relative to the corresponding tool and guide block 12 at each station, as the control unit accordingly manipulates the drive.

[0061] Because the retaining device 16 must pivot downstream of the borehole station 22, the control device 70 specifies that after drilling, the retaining device 16 is removed from the borehole station 22 and moved to the subsequent filling station 24. During this transport along the track, the retaining device 16 simultaneously pivots inward. That is, the pivoting begins and ends when the retaining device 16 has moved along the track toward the next station.

[0062] This also allows for the pivoting movement from loading and unloading station 20 to drilling station 22, ensuring that the holding device has pivotally moved inward into drilling station 22. Therefore, cycle time can be obtained.

[0063] Figure 2 and Figure 4 It is also shown that the guide block 12 has a housing 72, which is substantially cylindrical in shape and has no unnecessary edges, protrusions or undercuts on the outside to improve the cleanability of the brush making machine. The housing 72 has a notch 74 only in the area of ​​the drilling tool 28.

[0064] This structure is very good because a large amount of waste is generated in the reprocessing station 26, which cannot enter the interior of the guide block 12 due to the outer casing 72.

[0065] The accompanying drawings show that operator 44 also operates loading and unloading station 20. Alternatively, the brush 10 can also be reconfigured, and loading and unloading can be performed automatically, as shown in... Figure 1 As schematically represented by a multi-axis, freely programmable robotic tool 80, the robotic tool is an automated loading and unloading device. (As in...) Figure 1 As symbolically shown in the image, loading and unloading stations can also be configured individually and side by side.

Claims

1. A brush-making machine having a central guide block (12) for which a plurality of holding devices (16) for a brush body (18) to be processed are transported around the guide block along a closed, encircling track through different stations, the stations including a drilling station (22) and a filling station (24), in which holes are drilled in the brush body (18) and in which bristle bundles are filled into the holes at the filling station, wherein the holding devices (16) are each rotatable about their own vertical axis (34), characterized in that, In the drilling station (22), at least one drill bit (30) is pointed outward away from the guide block (12) during drilling, and the holding device (16) is pivoted in the drilling station (22) such that the inserted brush (18) points towards the guide block (12) with the side (32) to be drilled, and a tamping tool (48) is provided in the tamping station (24) having a tamping direction pointing inward toward the guide block (12).

2. The brush-making machine according to claim 1, characterized in that, There is at least one reprocessing station (26) in which the stuffed bristles are reprocessed, wherein the retaining device (16) in the reprocessing station (26) is oriented during reprocessing such that the contained brush body (18) faces outward.

3. The brush-making machine according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, A control device (70) is provided, which is configured to cause the holding device (16) and the associated brush body (18) to pivot outward in all stations except the drilling station (24).

4. The brush-making machine according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, A loading and / or unloading station (20) is provided for unprocessed and filled brush bodies (18), and in the loading and / or unloading station, the holding device (16) is oriented such that the contained brush body (18) points outward.

5. The brush-making machine according to claim 4, characterized in that, The loading and / or unloading station (20) additionally forms a drilling station (22), wherein a control device (70) is provided, the control device being configured to cause the holding device (16) to pivot outward for loading and / or loading and to pivot inward for drilling.

6. The brush-making machine according to claim 4, characterized in that, The loading and / or unloading station (20) is located upstream of the drilling station (22) in the circumferential direction of the holding device (16).

7. The brush-making machine according to claim 6, characterized in that, The loading and / or unloading station (20) is located adjacent to the retaining device (16) upstream of the drilling station (22) in the circumferential direction.

8. The brush-making machine according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, A control device (70) is provided, which is configured to cause the holding device (16) to rotate during transport movement between the drilling station (22) and the filling station (24) so ​​as to orient the brush body (18) outward.

9. The brush-making machine according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, Viewed from the top view of the brush making machine (10), there is an annular guide (14) on the guide block (12), and the holding device (16) travels along the guide.

10. The brush-making machine according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, The holding device (16) has its own driver and is provided with a control device (70) configured to enable the holding device (16) to be clock-driven in a time-staggered manner from the station to the corresponding next station.

11. The brush-making machine according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, Multiple retaining devices-support brackets (19) surround the guide block (12), and the retaining devices-support brackets respectively accommodate multiple retaining devices (16) so that the retaining devices can move together.

12. The brush-making machine according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, Each holding device (16) is associated with multiple drives (60, 61, 62) to move the holding device in multiple directions in the station and orient it relative to the machining tool present therein.

13. The brush-making machine according to claim 4, characterized in that, The loading and / or unloading station (20) is equipped with an automatic loading and / or unloading device, which enables the brush body (18) to move into or out of the holding device (16).

14. A brush-making method using a brush-making machine, the method comprising the following steps: - Transport at least one holding device (16) and the brush body (18) contained by said holding device (16) around the central guide block (12) along a closed, encircling track to the drilling station (22); - Orient the brush body (18) such that one side (32) of the hole to be drilled on the brush body (18) points to the guide block (12); - Drill holes in the brush body (18), wherein at least one drill bit (30) drills in a drilling direction that is outward away from the guide block (12); - The holding device (16) and the brush body (18) are transported along a closed, encircling track around the central guide block (12) to the filling station (24); and - The bristle bundles are filled into the drilled hole by a filling tool (48), wherein the filling tool (48) fills in a filling direction pointing inward toward the guide block (12).

15. The brush-making method according to claim 14, characterized in that, The method includes another step after packing, in which the holding device (16) and the brush body (18) are transported along a closed, encircling track around a central guide block (12) to a reprocessing station (26) and the packed bristles are then reprocessed.

16. The brush-making method according to claim 14 or 15, characterized in that, The method includes another step in which the holding device (16) and the brush body (18) are transported to a loading and / or unloading station (20) along a closed, encircling track around a central guide block (12), and the holding device (16) is oriented such that the contained brush body (18) is pointing outward away from the guide block (12).

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